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Passive with verb plus infinitve

She explained that she wanted to write it in the passive, and I take it that she intended to transform the following clause into the passive:

"everything will start to get worse".

Now I'm having trouble explaining to her what the problem is here. Is it that one can't turn "will start to get" into the passive because it is in some sense intransitive? Any help regarding the rules which apply in the case will be much appreciated.